FRSC Warns Against Selling Vehicles With Number Plate, Says Original Owner Will Be Arrested If Used To Commit Crime

Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) warns Nigerians against selling vehicles with number plate.

It says original owner may be arrested if used to carryout a crime, even if he/she knows nothing about it.

The Federal Road Safety Commission’s (FRSC) Sector Commander in Cross River, Elizabeth Akinlade, has warned Nigerians against selling their vehicles with number plates.

The new sector commander, who took over from Mr Ocheja Ameh, gave the warning when she visited the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River Council in Calabar.

Mrs Akinlade said the warning was to protect unsuspecting members of the public against selling their vehicles to people of questionable character.

She said the original owner of the vehicle will be held responsible if the vehicle is used for a crime after it had been sold, even if he/she knows nothing about the crime.

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The sector commander explained that the Corps has a data bank of the original owners of all vehicles in the country. She added that when a car is sold, a buyer, who becomes the owner, ought to do change of ownership.

“Don’t sell your vehicle with the plate number because in our data bank, the name of the original owner of the vehicle including his address is stored.

“If the vehicle is used to carryout a crime, with the information in our data bank, the original owner may be arrested even if he knows nothing about the crime but sold the car with the plate number.

“One of our strategic goals is to have a robust data-bank because without data you may not be able to do much,” she said.

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